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Selfish Trump is blind to power of love

Trump's inauguration is set to redefine America's role from that of a global player in the promotion of democratic values to a nation ideologically obsessed with its own self-preservation.

No cigar, hopefully, for Cormann

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After spending so much taxpayers' money on weekend trips with his wife to Broome, I hope Mr Cormann at least had the decency to pay for his own cigars.

Honest service is all Baird should be asked for

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As a recently retired public school teacher and Deputy Principal, I'm surprised that my first letter to the editor in forty years of readership should be in defence of a Liberal politician, Mike Baird. The majority of comments (Letters, January 20) contained the generosity of spirit of a Donald Trump tweet.

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Mark Porter: Thank you for the publication of my sesquicentenary letter.

Baird's legacy nothing to shout about

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It's a shame Premier Mike Baird won't be around for an election to find out what the people of his electorate, Manly, and throughout NSW think of his achievements.

Abuse of euthanasia laws poses a terrible risk

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When you've all finished arguing about euthanasia ... could you all volunteer some time to help out those who, despite similarly "undignified" lives "not worth living", most certainly do not want to die?

Humans, like animals, should not suffer

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With the strong possibility now of a debate on voluntary euthanasia in the NSW Parliament, I suggest an advocacy group called "Equal Rights for Humans" be formed to air their views to members of Parliament ("NSW to debate law on voluntary euthanasia", January 16).

Rare show of empathy

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It seems that human kindness, empathy, respect, tolerance and compassion are only deemed important to a minority of the population.

Ill at ease on the eve Trump's presidency

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Approaching Donald Trump's inauguration, one thing is clear ("Stuck in the mud with spies, lies and cries foul", January 12). At no time in modern history has a new American president started his term in office under such a dark cloud.

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A sandblast of scorn came through the Letters inbox this week as readers reacted to yet more evidence that politicians are out of step with community expectations on travel entitlements.

Malcolm Turnbull must step up

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Mr Turnbull should stop boasting about trivial successes, and start addressing the issues that vitally affect us all. 

Totalitarian tactics over debt

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No one objects to governments legitimately recovering debt but sooling Centrelink onto society's most vulnerable in the callous, automated manner smacks of the totalitarian state.

Centrelink echoes past threats

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Peter Martin suggests that we follow the journalists' adage "it's a stuff-up, not a conspiracy" to explain the Centrelink debt debacle ("Centrelink's litany of inhuman errors", January 5). While this adage is usually reliable, I have to wonder whether it applies in this case.

Must be time to do a Pat Cash

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It can't be much longer before we see a celebrating century-maker do a Pat Cash and clamber into the stands to hug friends and family ("High Noon: 100 before Lunch", January 4).